Example sentences of "in [adj] time [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that time they were totally isolated from any contact with their parents , or with anyone else they knew or who cared about them . |
| 2 | But in that time he was credited with the discovery of three rarities the spring gentian , the mountain avens and the bog orchid , which was then lost again and only recently rediscovered . |
| 3 | And in that time you were in receipt of benefit were you ? |
| 4 | All I can say is that in a period of two years erm of five , in that time there was five sets of redundancies at erm Hatfield , there are two occasions we were told that they went through it and agree with the unions that there 'd be no more for twelve months and one occasion there was another chap in three months , so if you believe anything that the P A E people there , you know , you really want to wear dark glasses but could I ask you a question , I understand that there is something going on at work with Richard at and my guess is , is , erm that sort of job which we are , there is some form of development plans going forward . |
| 5 | In this time there were no individual families , there was no private property , there was not marriage , there was no exploitation , there was no inequality of any kind even between men and women , since , before the coming of private property women were , if anything , superior . |
| 6 | In medieval times it was one of the largest in England . |
| 7 | Yet in medieval times it was an abundant bird , a useful scavenger in the streets of towns . |
| 8 | In medieval times it was merely an alternative to the already existing Great Northern Road . |
| 9 | The site is very exposed on that side , in Roman times there was a woodland there , so it was sheltered . |
| 10 | Now in Victorian times they were kept as pets and just like hamsters are today and there are still one or two around that er might just give you that impression but I may be really off the , the level here . |
| 11 | In Victorian times they were very common , and often found in the nursery . |
| 12 | The cave has long been known ; one inscription bears the date 1655 , and in Victorian times it was a showplace , a charge for admission being payable at Braida Garth farm down the valley . |
| 13 | Even in Victorian times there were relatively few people named Moses . |
| 14 | In Victorian times there was a flourishing ‘ marble ’ works here , of which only the site remains ; it engaged in the cutting , dressing and polishing of dark grey limestone won from nearby quarries to produce an appearance of marble , but which was made even more attractive by the presence of fossil patterns in the stone . |
| 15 | Wherever jade was used in early times it was derived from alluvial sources . |
| 16 | The origins of Osiris are shrouded in mystery but in early times he was a fertility god , whose death and rebirth were connected with the cycle of the agricultural year . |
| 17 | He was probably thinking that in these times it was not worth taking the risk of offending anyone , just in case they were agents of Horemheb and you ended up in an emerald mine on the Eastern Coast . |
| 18 | In Caria in later times there was a Zeus Labrandeus , who was a god wielding a double-axe . |
| 19 | In later times it was briefly occupied by Cromwell and by Bonnie Prince Charlie during the Rebellion of 1745 . |
| 20 | In the first century A.D. Pliny wrote that it was discovered in Spain in the previous century , where it was used to spice drinks , and in England in mediaeval times it was known as " sops-in-wine " , being mixed with wine and ale as a substitute for the costly cloves from the Far East . |
| 21 | In pre-revolution times it was known as Tsarskoye Selo , which is ‘ Royal Village ’ in Russian . |
| 22 | In ancient times there was none of this cultivated order about the Delta : it was a wilderness of undrained marshes , just the kind of primeval watery wastes from which the ancient Egyptians believed the world first emerged . |
| 23 | And er the reason we took the biggest jug we could find it was n't so much to feed two children in the house you 're parents also wanted a bowl because believe me in those times we were we were hungry , we were dear , very very hungry . |
| 24 | Back in Saxon times they were used as diuretics and were just one of dozens of herbs , plants and berries taken for medical purposes . |
| 25 | right , well that 's the sort of things that I think we want to find out and in slower time I was actually going to ring the yeah at Telford and say speak to me about this and maybe pop in one morning on my way into town and just say this is the idea how does it grab you and if they say you 're not on fine , but it 's things like that that I think we want to explore . |
| 26 | In recent times it was feared that Venice was sinking , but modern engineering has come up with a way of pumping water from the mainland to boost the underground water base on which the city rests . |
| 27 | Already in Predynastic times they were using it to make beads , and throughout the Dynastic period it was employed together with lapis lazuli , carnelian and coloured glass to infill cloisonné work on jewellery , notably on the breast ornaments worn by Tutankhamun ( Plate I ) . |
| 28 | When he found out , he contacted the Diocese of London 's lawyers , who helped to prepare the paperwork : getting a licence seemed to be just a formality — in modern times it was practically unheard-of for a faculty to be refused . |
| 29 | In modern times it was used as a glue from about 1800 in Germany and Switzerland . |
| 30 | In pre-Christian times it was carried as a charm against witchcraft , a notion which survived long after the arrival of Christianity . |